0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/10/2012
Let’s do linkage again. Trying to get this done as I have several errands to run in the afternoon. At Multichannel News, Mike Reynolds says Fox Sports is eying several sports properties which are coming up for grabs as potential programming for a cable channel which would challenge ESPN. Mike talks with the President of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2012
Been so busy lately that it’s been effecting the blog. Sorry about that. This weekend was planned for me again, so I really couldn’t post too much around the personal events. It also meant I couldn’t watch any of The Masters® or any baseball. The only things I could watch was The Amazing Race and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/8/2012
Ok, let’s take a look at what The Group will give us for the first round of the NHL Playoffs. Every game will be aired nationally on an NBC platform. NBC Sports Network, CNBC and NHL Network will air games on weeknights. NBC will have games on the weekend. And for the first time, we […]
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Ok, with the 2011-12 regular season finished, it’s now time to focus on one of the most exciting postseasons, the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the first time in the United States, every single postseason game will aired nationally through NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC or NHL Network. On most weeknights, NBC Sports Network will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/5/2012
NBC will have two preseason games on Sunday Night Football and they’ll air in consecutive weeks, August 19 and August 26. Due to its Olympic commitments, NBC will not air the annual AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game in Canton, OH and with the cancellation of last year’s game due to the lockout (remember the lockout?), […]
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How about that? After being in the dark ages for years, the NHL finally came to its senses and will have all of its postseason games aired nationally in the United States. They do this in Canada through CBC and TSN. But for some reason, the NHL never maximized its television in the US to […]
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Catching up on yesterday’s announcement that of the NFL preseason schedules. We’ll begin with the National Football League’s official announcement, then go to the network’s press releases of their preseason schedules. For the national TV partners, ESPN will air 4 preseason games, Fox 3, CBS and NBC 2 each. NFL Network will air all preseason […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/4/2012
NBC Sports Group has announced its schedule for the U.S. Olympics Trials. Four years ago, NBC used USA Network and Versus (which it did not own at the time) for overspill events. Now, NBC Sports Network, formerly Versus, gets a huge chunk of events starting with the Wrestling Trials on April 22 and ending with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/3/2012
In the next month or so, NBC will formally announce its coverage plans and talent for the London Summer Olympics. We’ve heard drips and drabs. Last year, Dan Patrick announced on his show that he will have a host role on the Olympics along with Bob Costas and Al Michaels. This week, we learned that […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/2/2012
Let’s do some links on this Monday. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game has become a showcase for upcoming NBA talent. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes that NBC Sports Network will get a lion’s share of coverage for the London Summer Olympics. Brian Stelter of the New York […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/31/2012
This is what puckheads were hoping for when the NHL signed its new contract with the NBC Sports Group last year. There will be wall-to-wall hockey on both NBC and the NBC Sports Network in the last seven days of the regular season. A total of 11 games on the combined networks including a tripleheader […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/27/2012
As mentioned in the previous post, the defending Super Bowl Champs New York Giants will host the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 to start the 2012 regular season. This means that Cowboys-Giants ended the 2011 regular season on NBC and Cowboys-Giants will kick off the 2012 regular season on NBC. And it marks the […]
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This just announced by the National Football League, the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Football Giants will open the season against their traditional NFC East Division rival, the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday, September 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Earlier this year, the NFL moved the season opener back one day to accommodate […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/24/2012
It’s been a long time since I was able to provide Saturday linkage. Many times, it’s due to the fact I try to sleep in or my weekend was planned for me behind my back and I have to play chauffeur. Anyway, I’m able to provide some links and since I did not do the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2012
Overall, the NBC Sports Group has the second highest amount of Sports Emmy Award nominations after ESPN’s 52. Combined with NBC Sports, Golf Channel, Versus (now NBC Sports Network) and NBCSports.com, the Group has a whole slew of nominations. Some of the more notable nominations include Studio Host (Bob Costas & Dan Patrick), Play-by-Play (Al […]
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We have the nominations, all 170 in 33 different categories, for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards. They just came out today. There are some surprises like massive hockey charlatan Pierre McGuire nominated in the Sports Reporter category and for some really strange reason, Skippy Bayless of ESPN2’s First Take was nominated for Best Studio […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/16/2012
Let’s do some megalinks on this Friday. My apologies for the lack of posts yesterday. The site was swamped with people linking to my post on How to Avoid Paying the $3.99 Fee For March Madness Live and it was down for most of the day. We seem to be ok today, although the site […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/15/2012
I’m writing this past midnight on a Thursday. I want to sleep, but I’ll pound this out to get these off my chest. This will be in bullet form as always. It seems every sports media writer and blogger has offered thoughts and potential landing spots for ESPN’s Big Three Free Agents, Michelle Beadle, Erin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/14/2012
NBC Sports Network will be busy over the next week. A total of 11 college or pro hockey games will be aired on NBC Sports Network starting with tomorrow night’s Pittsburgh Penguins-New York Rangers game which marks the second return this season of Sidney Crosby to the ice. It kicks off a busy week for […]
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Time for some linkage on this Wednesday. In case you missed it from early this morning, I wrote a post on how you can avoid paying the $3.99 fee to watch the March Madness Live app on your mobile, iPad or online. And Maine Sports Media has a legal promo code which you can use […]
